FOI 8789

Right to Buy

Request

1. How many social housing tenants on benefit ( including housing benefit) have bought a house through Right to Buy since April 2012?

2. Please state how many of these properties were priced within the following bands at the point of purchase:A. 0-£149,999B. £150,000-£249,999C. £250,000-£500,000D More than £500,000

3. How many of the buyers qualified for the full discount ( £75,000 outside London, £100,000 in London).

4. How many of the buyers qualified for less than the full discount?,.

Response

1. How many social housing tenants on benefit ( including housing benefit) have bought a house through Right to Buy since April 2012?

Since April 2012 – there have been 3 (three) Right to Buy completions while the tenant was on Housing Benefit. This doesn’t include the applications received that never completed..2. Please state how many of these properties were priced within the following bands at the point of purchase:

A. 0-£149,999

11 (eleven) sold

B. £150,000-£249,999

18 (eighteen) sold

C. £250,000-£500,000

None

D More than £500,000

None

3. How many of the buyers qualified for the full discount ( £75,000 outside London, £100,000 in London).

20 (twenty) received full discount of £75,000

4. How many of the buyers qualified for less than the full discount?,.